Population Growth and Environmental Issues

List of contents

Foreword by Nafis Sadik
Series Foreword by Ruth A. Eblen and William R. Eblen
Preface by Sir Shridath Ramphal and Steven W. Sinding
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Population and Global Warming
Global Energy and Electricity Futures by Chauncey Starr
Climate Change Projections by Robert Coppock
The Developing Countries: The China Example by Vaclav Smil
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: A Summary of A Recent International Study by Cynthia Rosenszweig and Martin L. Parry
Population and Land Use
Future Global Population Growth by Carl Haub
Population Growth and Land-Use Changes in the Philippines by Maria Concepcion J. Cruz
Population, Aquaculture, and Environmental Destruction: The Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras by Billie R. DeWalt, Philippe Vergne, and Mark Hardin
Population and Land-Use Change in the Brazilian Amazon by Charles H. Wood and Stephen G. Perz
Who Is Changing the Land? Lifestyles, Population, and Global Use Change by Gerhard Heilig
International Migration and Environmental Refugees by Evan Vlachos
Understanding the Relationship Between Human Population, Wildlife, and the Environment by Patricia Waak
Population and Air/Water Resource Management
Air/Water Pollution Issues in the Mega-Cities by Ellen M. Brennan
Linkage Between Population Growth and Air/Water Pollution in China by Zhang Zhirong
Conclusions by Sir Shridath Ramphal and Steven W. Sinding
References
Index

About the author

SHRIDATH RAMPHAL is Co-chairman of the United Nations Commission on Global Governance.

STEVEN W. SINDING is Director of Population Sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation.

Product details

• Authors: Shridath Ramphal, Sinding Steven W.
• Assisted by: Shridath Ramphal (Editor), Shridath Rampnal (Editor), Steven W. Sinding (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.1996
• EAN: 9780275953713
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95371-3
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Development Studies, Current Events and Issues: Environment